Dave H M wrote:
Well lets keep beating this horse. :B I cannot figure out what the pic of the smashed pick up bed and a Reese hitch in it proves.
If the guy had a B&W and drove off with the hitch open, would a B&W sense that and automatically close before the trailer came unhitched and dropped. :h
Pics like that and all the wailing on this board made me paranoid and I installed a Butches Services Attachment on my hitch. When I commented on that someone came back and asked, what if you forgot to latch the safety hitch also. it is to early or i would switch from coffee to beer. :R
I promise to behave now.
Its been close to 12years now, 11 towing with a two different Reese hitches, 1year with an Andersen. Been happy with all of them.
The hitch in question in the picture that Cummins12V98 posted, more times then we can count, , was my first hitch , it was quiet, easy to hitch, and unhitch. It had a locking mechanism that had to be locked or you were going to drop a fifth wheel, who's fault would that be if it occurred :hIs that a bad design, I guess no worse then how they designed the B&W to be locked in the open position for whatever reason. I had no issues with it, just wanted a higher weight rated hitch, so went with a 18K Reese signature hitch.
First thing I did was build a bedsaver copied from the Blueox bedsaver for the Reese hitches. Can't count how many times I read on this forum the comment " Its not if you you are going to drop a fifth wheel, but when". I can see why we would be paranoid. 12 years towing, and I won't say never, but hitching is a situational awareness, and there are steps to be followed.
Now with this Andersen its going to pretty tough to drop a fifth wheel, but I could be done.